Any Western Books out there I should read? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adventure/threads/49741 AccoSpoot I've gotten about 1,500 words into the planning of my thrice restarted novel attempt and it's suddenly dawned upon me that, despite the setting and characters, my Hard Fantasy novel has turned into a Western. There's a rogue-ish sheriff bending the laws in order to serve them, an arrogant wealth obsessed hero charged with fighting an encroaching horde of savages, an outlander who lacks the cultural familiarity of the setting and of a culture the MC was once an enemy to... I began thinking this was a curious thing, but of no attention, however, as I became increasingly worried that there were very little Fantasy stories within the sort of aesthetic I'm going for that include these sorts of fixture I began to embrace it, which leaves me now in the awkward position of knowing where I want to go, but having no map (analogy?) I've seen a good amount of Western films in my life already, mostly the Clint Eastwood/Spaghetti Western movies, and whilst I enjoy them (hugely) I just didn't know if there'd be a way to bring that evocation down to a literary level, so, intending to start my research, I wondered if there (there has to be surely?) were any Western books which followed that same sort of aesthetic, the darker and edgier westerns. Thanks in advance. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:48:22 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adventure/threads/49741?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1105306 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adventure/threads/49741?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1105306